The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-11
MANY EDUCATIONALEVENT
An Unusually Auspicious Beginning of
Commencement Week at Butler.
Col. F. W. Parker's Address to the Graduates
of the kindergarten Normal School
Last Evening-Other Events.

Buffers most memorable, most eventful and
longest week of all the college year has COM
menced Recitations ended Friday morning.
and examinations began on Thursday afternoon.
The college year just ending, the first of DIR.
Benton's administration, has been exceedingly
successful. Tho work has been thorough. and
/ President Benton has completely the
spect and kindly regard of every one in his new
Office The graduating class of 81 is larger than
Butler has seen for some time, numbering
seventeen. and the newly fedged seniors bid
fair to eclipse this number in 'SS. The real
estate boom will probably aid the college in dis
posing of some of its Indianapolis property, and
increase in salaries and in the number of the
faculty will be the consequence If the Irving
ton gas we'll proves a eusher, no doubt it will,
the prospects of the town and the college will be-
come correspondinelv brighter.
The first event of the week was the anniver-
sary reception Of the Demia Butler Literary
Society, in their hail. yesterday afternoon. This
was their - anniversary, and the young ladies
had invited a number of their friends to assist
in celebrating it Quite a number from the
students, the faculty. and some friends from the
city their guests Conversation music and
refreshments were in order. and the Dema But
lers acquitted themselves with much credit in
every way.
At night the rival young ladies' society," the
AthenIans, held their annual spring ex-
hibition. The stage. enlarged to the
usual commencement-week size. was
tastefulIy decorated with flowers and t he colors
of the society, pink and white. The audience
usual, persisted il being twenty minutes
late The college people, all Irvington. several
Indianapolifans, and great many friends of
the performers from abroad filed the chapel
290 o'clock fha roroi Of cd
upon the stage and. after the customary pres-
Dental invocation, opened the evening
clses with a defamation by Miss F. Grace Muir
~, 81. Miss hurry with much grace and ex-
preston, in Carl the Martyr" told the story of
the heroic German blacksmith. After an instru-
mental selection for the piano by Miss Dame, OF
indianapolis, Miss d. Grace Blount. 81.
read essay The Mission OF the Gifted" ,
Miss Blounts paper bore evidence of
gifted ones of earth-their struggles and
achievements. She then told OF the
still greater deeds of the missing
heroes and herones of everyday life. Miss Liz
ze Weesner. 49, the second declaimer, and
told the thrilling tale in 1.-THE Pilots Story"
with much expression. After another very pleas
ing selection by Miss Dame. Miss Kate B. Had
ley, 'S8, graceful and forcble speaker, gave an
Grafton on "Carlyles Heroes" After defining
heroism, the young lady gave Carlyle's peculiar
tiles OF mind and belief which shaped his ideas
of the heroic. She dwelt strongly his de-
faint admiration for eternal justice
hesitate to charge the Seer of Chelsea with self
ishness, sarcasm and eeotism, and showed that
thiswas what made him paint heroes of nerve
and sInew, rather than of heart This she
proved at length, citing his delineations of
Odin. Mahomet, Shakespeare and Luther to
tain her position. Miss Lizzie Cans. of Ohio,
and her brother, E. W. Cans, S7, next sang a
duet, II Live and Love Thee" Miss Madge
Guffin, '89, presented the diplomas, in a neat
little speech. to the graduates. Misses hurry
and Biount 20 which Miss hurry responded
with much feeling.
Prof. Noble entertained the graduating class
tonight, nd President Benton will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon Sunday afternoon at
o'clock.